News photo: Preparing for Amtrak’s return to Montreal

News photo: Preparing for Amtrak’s return to Montreal

By Trains Staff | October 20, 2022

| Last updated on February 16, 2024


Requalification runs prepare for return of Adirondack, but no date is set

Passenger train on bridge near water, with high-rise apartments in background
An Amtrak requalification run on Canadian National approaches Montreal’s Central Station on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Michael Berry

MONTREAL — Operating as Amtk 694 (the train number Canadian National has always assigned to the southbound Adirondack while on CN rails), an Amtrak requalification run heads to Montreal’s Central Station on Thursday as it passes the mostly drained Peel Basin. While Amtrak service to Vancouver and Toronto was restored earlier this year, there is still no concrete date for the resumption of service to Montreal. This train will run to the border and then back to Montreal. The qualification runs have been operating each of the last two weeks. — Michael Berry

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